20mm Lahti L39 Antitank Rifle (Shooting & History)

20mm Lahti L39 Antitank Rifle (Shooting & History)

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The Lahti L39 was the Finnish answer to the need for an anti-tank rifle, developed just before the Winter War. The rifle was created by noted Finnish designed Aimo Lahti, who had pressed for it to use a 13.2mm cartridge. However, arguments for using a 20x138B cartridge won out, based on hopes to use that cartridge in both antitank and antiaircraft roles, as well as testing that showed the 20mm projectile to have greater terminal effect.
The L39 was not available for use in the Winter War (having been adopted barely 2 months before the Russian attack), but was used extensively in the Continuation War. While improved tank armor quickly became thick enough to protect against the round, it was used for a variety of anti material roles, attacking machine gun positions, bunkers, light vehicles, and more. In 1944, an anti-aircraft version was also produced, firing in full auto and using 15-round magazines.
Today, ammunition is available from a few companies, typically using lathe-turned new cases and surplus 20mm Vulcan projectiles.
Want to hear some interesting stories about crimes committed with Destructive Devices? Check out my short chat with Dolf Goldsmith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9CZO3jFUz4
Related:
Boys AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnhPtqj3Jo
PzB-39 AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jupKqqqgBJM
GrB-39 AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWFX08ay-pE
Mauser 1918 Tankgewehr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko9A3ZbN8ZU
Solothurn S18/1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqsgC_ifo7w
Bofors 37mm AT Gu...

20mm Lahti L39 Antitank Rifle (Shooting & History)

published:12 Sep 2016

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http://jamesdjulia.com/item/1572-394/
The Lahti L39 was the Finnish answer to the need for an anti-tank rifle, developed just before the Winter War. The rifle was created by noted Finnish designed Aimo Lahti, who had pressed for it to use a 13.2mm cartridge. However, arguments for using a 20x138B cartridge won out, based on hopes to use that cartridge in both antitank and antiaircraft roles, as well as testing that showed the 20mm projectile to have greater terminal effect.
The L39 was not available for use in the Winter War (having been adopted barely 2 months before the Russian attack), but was used extensively in the Continuation War. While improved tank armor quickly became thick enough to protect against the round, it was used for a variety of anti material roles, attacking machine gun positions, bunkers, light vehicles, and more. In 1944, an anti-aircraft version was also produced, firing in full auto and using 15-round magazines.
Today, ammunition is available from a few companies, typically using lathe-turned new cases and surplus 20mm Vulcan projectiles.
Want to hear some interesting stories about crimes committed with Destructive Devices? Check out my short chat with Dolf Goldsmith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9CZO3jFUz4
Related:
Boys AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnhPtqj3Jo
PzB-39 AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jupKqqqgBJM
GrB-39 AT Rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWFX08ay-pE
Mauser 1918 Tankgewehr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko9A3ZbN8ZU
Solothurn S18/1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqsgC_ifo7w
Bofors 37mm AT Gu...

20mm Anti Tank Rifle vs 16 Steel Plates!

20mm Anti Tank Rifle vs 16 Steel Plates!

20mm Anti Tank Rifle vs 16 Steel Plates!
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The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed \"Norsupyssy\" (\"Elephant Gun\"), and as tanks developed armour too thick for the Lahti to penetrate its uses switched to long range sniping, tank harassment and with the L-39/44 fully automatic variant, employment as an improvised anti-aircraft weapon.
Aimo Lahti had doubts about the original idea of a 13 mm anti-tank machine gun and started working on a 20 mm design. Officers who wanted smaller calibre anti-tank weapons believed that the muzzle velocity of 20 mm shells was insufficient to penetrate armour and a weapon with a higher rate of fire and in a smaller calibre would prove useful. As a result, Lahti designed two competing anti-tank weapons: a 13.2 mm machine gun and a 20 mm rifle. After test firing both weapons in 1939, they found that the 20 mm rifle displayed better penetration.
The rifle is a semi-automatic, gas operated weapon with the ...

20mm Anti Tank Rifle vs 16 Steel Plates!

published:20 Dec 2016

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20mm Anti Tank Rifle vs 16 Steel Plates!
Ditch the hipsterbucks and get your Black Rifle Coffee here: https://brcc.coffee/2rjdvS5
FULLMAG is finally on Facebook and Instagram!!!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FULLMAG.Official
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/FULLMAG.Official
My personal pages are here:
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/RichardRyan
Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/RichardRyan
Click here for my Second channel Guns:
http://goo.gl/khgkiF
For viewers who want more than just a YouTube video:
http://fullmag.com
The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed \"Norsupyssy\" (\"Elephant Gun\"), and as tanks developed armour too thick for the Lahti to penetrate its uses switched to long range sniping, tank harassment and with the L-39/44 fully automatic variant, employment as an improvised anti-aircraft weapon.
Aimo Lahti had doubts about the original idea of a 13 mm anti-tank machine gun and started working on a 20 mm design. Officers who wanted smaller calibre anti-tank weapons believed that the muzzle velocity of 20 mm shells was insufficient to penetrate armour and a weapon with a higher rate of fire and in a smaller calibre would prove useful. As a result, Lahti designed two competing anti-tank weapons: a 13.2 mm machine gun and a 20 mm rifle. After test firing both weapons in 1939, they found that the 20 mm rifle displayed better penetration.
The rifle is a semi-automatic, gas operated weapon with the ...

Korpiklaani - FC Lahti Official Lyric Video

Korpiklaani - FC Lahti Official Lyric Video

Published on Dec 21, 2016
Korpiklaani made this football anthem for their local team, FC Lahti.
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Korpiklaani - FC Lahti Official Lyric Video

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Published on Dec 21, 2016
Korpiklaani made this football anthem for their local team, FC Lahti.
Lyrics are not just about supporting your team, but supporting your city and it is history.
Get the song here: http://nblast.de/KorpiklaaniDownloads
SUBSCRIBE to Korpiklaani: http://bit.ly/subs-korplaani-yt
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The Lahti L39 was the Finnish answer to the need for an anti-tank rifle, developed just before the Winter War. The rifle was created by noted Finnish designed Aimo Lahti, who had pressed for it to use a 13.2mm cartridge. However, arguments for using a 20x138B c

Kenton Tucker, the owner of many exotic firearms and host of Big Sandy
Machine Gun Shoot, talks about the history and operation of a 20mm Lahti anti-tank gun.
How, when, where, etc. about Big Sandy MG shoot:
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Interview portion of this video by Rob Lippert.
Check out R

Published on Dec 21, 2016
Korpiklaani made this football anthem for their local team, FC Lahti.
Lyrics are not just about supporting your team, but supporting your city and it is history.
Get the song here: http://nblast.de/KorpiklaaniDownloads
SUBSCRIBE to Korpiklaani: http://bit.ly/subs-korplaan

The Lahti L-35 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Aimo Lahti that was produced between 1935 and 1952. Designed to be manufactured autonomously in Finland, the pistol was used by Finland throughout the Winter War and Continuation War. Considered to be of high quality, the Lahti was well manufactu

Fireing the 20mm lahti Anti tank gun at some Bowling balls 300- 500 yards out , This gun was effectively used against the \"ruskies\" when they invaded finland near the beginning of WW2, Notice the small Skys it has on the bottom of the gun , which was designed for t\"actual\" Raindeers in finland to